In 1912, the Titanic embarks on its inevitable collision course with history. In the wake of the over-spending required to build the largest luxury ship in the world, White Star Line executive Sir Bruce Ismay schemes to reverse the direction of his company's plummeting stock value. Onboard the Titanic, brave German 1st Officer Petersen struggles to convince his self-important British superiors not to overexert the ship's engines.
Production
Absurdly detailed sets for pure propaganda purposes.
Acting
Hans Nielsen's stoic German officer vs cartoonish Brits.
Director
Werner Klingler
Sybille Schmitz
Sigrid Olinsky
Hans Nielsen
Offizier Petersen
Kirsten Heiberg
Gloria
Karl Schönböck
John Jacob Astor
Otto Wernicke
Kapitän Edward J. Smith
Franz Schafheitlin
Hunderson
Ernst Fritz Fürbringer
Sir Joseph Bruce Ismay
Sepp Rist
Jan
Theodor Loos
Hermann Brix
Claude Farell
Fritz Genschow
Lieselotte Klingler
Werner Scharf
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Herbert Selpin was arrested by the Gestapo for criticizing the navy during filming; he was found hanged in his cell days later.
The film was banned in Germany after its 1943 premiere because scenes of panicked passengers mirrored real civilian terror during Allied bombings.
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